During the current season, the farmers of the Toba district produced record yield of wheat. A press release issued by District Officer (Agriculture) Shabbir Afzal Warraich said that this year there was an average yield of 42 maunds per acre while last year it was only 32 maunds per acre.
The district food department will purchase 100,000 bags of wheat this year from Toba procurement centre. The centre in charge centre, Mian Abdur Rauf, said so far 20,000 gunny bags had been issued to the growers while wheat purchase would be started here from May 2.